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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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